adiwan (adiwan)

  1. 76 hours! I'm exhausted. http://rainbowdash.net/attachment/876343

    about 5 days ago from web
  2. OMG. I'm 60 hours in Yakuza 5 and still not in the last chapter.

    about 6 days ago from web
  3. Also the Yakuza games are basically the Die Hard of the video games: Taking place around Christmas but only give nods to it on the side.

    about 8 days ago from web
  4. Yakuza 5 is too damn long. I recently finished the part with Haruka and Akiyama. They were character # and #, and yet there is another one and still far from reaching the end. Each part is as long as a full game with all the sidestory stuff.

    about 8 days ago from web
  5. Oh boy. Steam sales. Bought for myself Yakuza 6 and Like a Dragon (7). Gonna finish all of the games eventually. Judgment and Lost Judgment is still a bit on the pricier side and buy them when they are dirt cheap. For Like a Dragon: Ishin! my PC barely scrapes over the min specs and the game is too new.

    about 13 days ago from web
  6. Listening to the Yakuza 5 ost track of Taxi race driving https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsvQ2YAbDFA

    about 13 days ago from web
  7. @zeldatra Yeah. Croquettes are probably one of the things.

    about 14 days ago from web in context
  8. @zeldatra NES games are region locked. You need your console modded to play PAL games on NTSC consoles or vice-versa.

    about 17 days ago from web in context
  9. Finished Yakuza 4. Even though I did a bunch of side stories I completed once again in the 30% range (35%). Is all the content locked behind the cabaret stuff? Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami 2 cabaret mini games were quite fun but all the dating game simping in the other games (dressing up in own cabaret, and talking to girls from other establishments) is quite boring and TEDIOUS.

    about 21 days ago from web
  10. I am about to finish Yakuza 4. I'm right now where I have access to all characters before the finale and the last opportunity to gear up and to finish sidestories. So far it was way more enjoyable than 3, however one character cannot move as freely through the city as the others because of police. Taking huge detours through the sewers and roofs is hugely annoying. Also that character is the least enjoyable in a fight.

    about 22 days ago from web
  11. @zeldatra On the bright side: The risk of a plane falling from the sky crashing onto you is then significantly reduced as you are in the plane.

    about a month ago from web in context
  12. Steam achievements are weird or strangely not working properly. In Yakuza 3 I did over 80 substories but the achievement for 10 wasn't triggered.

    about a month ago from web
  13. I put sunflower seeds on my window ledge because I feed Eurasian Blue Fluffle Puff. They have made a nest nearby.

    about a month ago from web in context
  14. @scribus Hmm... Yeah. He also said some misogynist stuff as well. He seems to be an all-round unpleasant guy.

    about a month ago from web in context
  15. I was reading Dilbert from 2004 to 2009-ish. The content was more recycled than the paper it was printed on. I definitely stopped after Scott Adams did something stupid as well around that time, I don't know what it was anymore. Also he said some anti-vax stuff in regards to Covid-19 and was also favorable to Trump. The recent outburst of racism is barely surprising.

    about a month ago from web in context
  16. Finished Yakuza 3. Well... It was fine. I eventually adapted to the controls. Plot-wise it's getting better but remained quite rough to the end. This time I only completed about 35 %. I could have more but the cabaret stuff was just awful.
    I also started Yakuza 4. It got immediately more enjoyable as it is graphically on par of Kiwami 1 but has badly compressed video sequences like 3 for a bunch of cut-scenes.
    I don't mind I'm not playing Kiryu as he has become too big of a persona for all the small side-quests and him forgetting fighting techniques and being out-of-shape got repetitive. Understandable and gameplay-wise mandatory, but still sigh-worthy. 3's upgrade system was also very uninspired and bare. It made me use the weapons more but it didn't made me want to mod and upgrade those weapons as they break too fast for my liking.

    about a month ago from web
  17. @scribus Primarily my hell.

    about a month ago from web in context
  18. @scribus Since the invention of the concept of property and real estate.

    about a month ago from web in context
  19. My search for a house is not going forward. As I thought I got one my banker told me the house ain't worth the asking price. The banker's estimate is too far off for getting a credit. He was right in hindsight as further investment would be needed to get it anywhere worthwile. It was a house from the 60s and not much has been done there. Also currently all houses on the market are overpriced as the interest rates jumped up and the houses on offer are needing a lot of TLC.

    about a month ago from web in context
  20. I'm slowly warming up to Yakuza 3. Its presentation and controls are old and stiff in comparison to Kiwami but the Okinawa setting has it laid-back charm. I ended my last game session right before heading to Kamurocho.

    about a month ago from web
  21. I mean I'll play it to the end but it'll be a doozy just from the controls standpoint.

    about a month ago from web
  22. Ooof... Yakuza 3 Remastered looks like it needs another remaster. It controls very weirdly and looks like a PS3 game.

    about a month ago from web in context
  23. Just finished Yakuza Kiwami 2 and completed about 60% of all completables. The game was also quite good. The plot is equally as convoluted as 0 and 1. The only big gripe I have is towards the end where an optional task required a poker game with a ridiculous amount of winnings in one sitting. Also an open task I have is a game of Mahjong. I tried it but it's to foreign to me to grasp it. I'm thinking about getting the Yakuza Remastered Collection (3-5).

    about a month ago from web
  24. I miss having the Rush and Beast fighting styles in Yakuza Kiwami 2. I used Rush a lot in Kiwami 1. I get that the developers wanted to scale it down to one fighting style in order to create a more consistent game experience. In Kiwami 1 the fights got often unfairly difficult and I had to buy tons of healing items. In Kiwami 2 I had to buy far less of them to the point I have more than I need from all the items I found.

    about 2 months ago from web
  25. The Yakuza Kiwami 2 gameplay is getting better the more I unlock. The first fights feel very clunky as I got ragdolled around. At chapter 6 onwards there is enough to ragdoll the enemies around. I'm at Chapter 9 right now.

    about 2 months ago from web
  26. @zeldatra *megaphone noises from the distance* Kiryu-Chan

    about 2 months ago from web in context
  27. @zeldatra In Yakuza the protagonist is accused of murder but didn't do it. On the other hand in the actual game he breaks spines left and right, shoots people, jams a broken bottle into the abdomen, piledrive a person head first into the concrete floor. It's ok because after the fight they are shown to be alive but bruised.

    about 2 months ago from web in context
  28. Finally I played a video game again. I watched a Let's Play of Yakuza 0 and decided to grab Yakuza Kiwami on sale. It was fun. I completed it about 40%. Comparatively it was lacking compared to Yakuza 0 but was still good. I also bought Kiwami 2 but I put it for later as I'm Yakuza'd out.

    about 2 months ago from web
  29. @scribus Don't worry about that. Any ghost that decides to stay will get permanent spiritual damage by my presence alone. My awkward nerdyness and pony merch will ward them off.

    about 2 months ago from web in context
  30. The house will require a lot of work, like new electric wiring, new windows, and a new heating system as it is required here to replace a gas heater every 30 years and it is a few years until retirement. I'll replace it with something 100% electric and a heat pump and install solar panels on the roof.

    about 2 months ago from web in context